'Big things are coming': Samsung to launch three Galaxy devices on 13th August

New Delhi: As South Korean technology major Samsung Electronics gears up for the launch of its next Galaxy handsets on August 13 in New York, the company today released a teaser hinting at three devices.

“We were the first to make them BIG. Now we’re making BIG even BETTER,” the teaser read.

Fresh images of the alleged Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge Plus have also leaked on the internet. According to the reports, the images were released by phone leaker Evan Blass and it's said to be an official press renders of both the new devices. Also, he has released specifications for the Note 5 as well.

The Galaxy S6 Edge Plus looks bigger than S6 Edge. The Note 5 looks has a similar Galaxy S6's metal-and-glass design, but has slightly sharper corners.

The Galaxy Note 5 will have 5.66-inch, 2560 x 1440-pixels AMOLED displays. It has a octa-core Exynos 7420 chip, 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. Also, it will have a 16-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera, according to the leak.

In addition, the removable back and the microSD card slot on the Note 4 are said to be missing this time.

Samsung remained the top global smartphone vendor in the second quarter despite slowing sales, while Apple and Chinese manufacturers boosted market share, a survey showed.

The quarterly survey by research firm IDC showed the global market for smartphones grew 11.6 percent from a year ago to 337.2 million units, the second highest quarterly total on record.

South Korea's Samsung led the market with a 21.7 percent market share, even though sales dipped from a year earlier and its market share was below the 24.8 percent in the same period a year ago.